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Rittenhouse, Robert K. – Journal of Childhood Communication Disorders, 1987
The study examined the rate and order of conservation in 24 deaf children, ages 8.2 to 12.9 years using standard Piagetian instructions and procedures in sign language. Even the older children failed to demonstrate control over the conservation concept suggesting the presence of a cognitive difference in deaf children. (DB)
Descriptors: Age Differences, Cognitive Development, Concept Formation, Conservation (Concept)
